Hole By hole

FRONT 9

Pro Tip:This has a generous landing area for your first two shots and allows you to warm up a bit. Keeping these shots left avoids the hazards to the right and leaves you with a short iron/pitch from a spot nearly level with the sloping green. You can also bump it in. Matching par 5 is a good start.

Par

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HCP

5

16/6

513

499

435

435

5

16/6

513

499

435

435

This is a challenging par 3, particularly with an adverse wind. It plays its full yardage if you shoot directly for the green. A safer play is one club less, aimed to the slope just left of the green. The ball will feed down to the putting surface.

Par

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HCP

3

10/16

184

158

128

128

3

10/16

184

158

128

128

Pro Tip:The third hole is a tough par 5, normally into the wind. Keep your tee shot centre/left as there is a bunker to the right. A long lay-up second will put you to the corner of the dogleg right. Try to keep it under the hole due to the severe slope. Be grateful for a par and move on.

Par

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HCP

5

2

585

557

483

483

5

2

585

557

483

483

Pro Tip:A classic risk/reward hole. The conservative play is a 200 yard lay-up short of all the hazards, leaving a tricky mid-iron to a deep green that slopes left. The alternative is to blast away with a wood, avoiding the side hazards, to be left with only a simple pitch and a shot at birdie. Members love to par this hole.

Par

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HCP

4

4

383

374

299

299

4

4

383

374

299

299

Pro Tip:This is a great driving hole but don’t overdo the hook. The green is set up for an approach from the right side. You may wish to favour the right side of the green on your approach. Left is jail; to the right side is an easy chipping area. Fairway sloping and the elevated green make par a good score here.

Par

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HCP

4

6/10

363

339

249

249

4

6/10

363

339

249

249

Pro Tip:A green angling left makes this par 3 a challenge in club selection. Front right corner plays two clubs under stated yardage. Try to remember which way the wind was blowing on the first hole and refer to the map as a wind indicator.

Par

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HCP

3

12/8

149

139

132

132

3

12/8

149

139

132

132

Pro Tip:The par 4 seventh is another great driving hole. Keep the drive left and be rewarded on the approach. With a left pin there is a mound in the green to be negotiated. Don’t leave the green without a peek at the panorama of the islands off Chester.

Par

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HCP

4

8/14

378

356

264

264

4

8/14

378

356

264

264

Pro Tip:This pretty little short hole is made into whatever challenge the wind offers. If the pin is up front, try to leave yourself under the hole, as the slope here is quite dramatic. The eighth hole is a birdie opportunity.

Par

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HCP

3

18

125

118

106

106

3

18

125

118

106

106

Pro Tip:The ninth is a straightforward par 4, if you keep your tee shot anywhere in the narrow fairway. Right is a water hazard; left, you’ll risk being blocked out by the trees. Remember on your approach that this innocent looking green has more depth than it appears. Front to back is three clubs distance.

Par

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HCP

4

14/12

348

348

338

298

4

14/12

348

348

338

298

BACK 9

Pro Tip:The tenth hole is a terrific par 4. A slight fade off the tee fits the gentle right dogleg and prevents being blocked out by the left trees. This leaves a long uphill approach that is more carry than you think. Use an extra club. A classy golf hole where par is great.

Par

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HCP

4/5

7/13

394

387

333

387

5

7/13

394

387

333

387

Pro Tip:First comes a tricky tee shot. If you can’t carry 210 yards, then you should aim left of the trap. A long iron second will find the wide but shallow green. Better on the left for an easy chip or short in the grass bunkers than long. Par is hard won here on this fine hole.

Par

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HCP

4

1

404

391

332

332

4

1

404

391

332

332

Pro Tip:The twelfth hole is a slightly uphill par 3, which plays one club longer than stated yardage. The green is a full three clubs in depth, so choose carefully. The tee points well to the right so align yourself accordingly. Accept a par on this one.

Par

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HCP

3

13/17

174

165

124

124

3

13/17

174

165

124

124

Pro Tip:Long hitters may avoid the right waste area by hugging the left side. A more conservative play is to tee up with a long iron/fairway wood, keeping short of the trouble. The approach to the well bunkered elevated green is tough. An option is to leave it short and chip close.

Par

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HCP

4

9

382

369

325

325

4

9

382

369

325

325

Pro Tip:This short par 4 is another risk/reward hole. It’s possible to drive this green, but you must carry the ditch at 215 yards. Another play is a lay-up followed by a short iron to a generous green. A birdie opportunity.

Par

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HCP

4

17/15

302

291

279

279

4

17/15

302

291

279

279

Pro Tip:The fifteenth is a double dogleg par 5. The tee shot can be a lay-up iron short of the hazards 200 yards out, or a driver threading between or over. The second shot should favour the right side to allow an open shot to a heavily bunkered plateau green with rolling slopes.

Par

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HCP

5

3/11

539

520

456

401

5

3/11

539

520

456

401

Pro Tip:This is the longest par 3 on the course. You can go with enough club to carry the front slope of the green and the two large bunkers, or land short of the slope and bounce it in. Par is a good score here.

Par

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HCP

3

15

189

172

156

141

3

15

189

172

156

141

Pro Tip:The seventeenth is a great, short par 4. Trees on the left block you out, and only right centre allows a shot up the length of the green. You can play off the tee with a long iron for position, or blast away with a driver. The green is firm and subtle. Another good par.

Par

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HCP

4

11/7

338

321

280

280

4

11/7

338

321

280

280

Pro Tip:The finishing hole provides drama, particularly from the back tee. The perfect tee shot calls for a fade off the trap to fit the dogleg right. The second is a short iron approach across the marsh to a green sloping sharply from back to front. This is a birdie opportunity.

COVID-19 UPDATE

The health and safety of our employees and customers is our top priority.

Dear Members and Guests, the Province through the State of Emergency and Health Protection Act has mandated that all golf courses are to be closed. The Chester Golf Course is therefore closed until further notice and the Executive has determined the course is not open for walking for recreational purposes.

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